A blog to highlight the untruths, hypocrisies and misrepresentations that come from "Professor" John Seddon and his followers, the Seddonistas

Saturday, November 13, 2010

John Seddon's Site Has Picture That Mocks Eating Disorders

I don't know where John Seddon's team comes up with this stuff. A reader emails to tell me that his "lean toolheads" article page has an illustration that mocks women with eating disorders.

I wouldn't say it "mocks" them, but the picture is in poor taste, to say the least. They are implying that somebody can be "too lean" with THAT picture? I wouldn't say it's offensive, but it's rude and just sort of stupid.

Long ago, I consulted for a British company and recall one of their professional managers supplying this anecdote:

Have a task for digging a ten foot long three foot wide ditch through a field, then assign it to both Brits and Yanks. The Americans will have dug the ditch four feet wide for a distance of eleven feet and be drinking ale at the pub whilst the Brits are still forming committees to select the best shovels; the proper side of the ditch from which gentlemen dig ditches and who should file the reports to the person who will hopefully be selected, in a fair manner, to be in charge.